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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1206 PM EDT SUN AUG 30 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH OUT 60 NM...
* UNTIL 200 PM EDT.
* AT 1206 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED 6 NM WEST OF DOUG MELLICHAMP REEF, MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 15 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS TO 34 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS SEAS. SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY
HIGHER WINDS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON SIXTY, JOE SHUFORD REEF, CAPERS REEF, CAPERS MID SHELF,
DOUG MELLICHAMP REEF, Y-73 REEF, COMANCHE REEF AND LOWCOUNTRY
ANGLERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3240 7971 3251 7999 3281 7964 3250 7920
3228 7939
TIME...MOT...LOC 1606Z 122DEG 14KT 3246 7944
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...34 KTS
CPM
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